we'll ask the democratic leader in the house, hakeem jeffries. >>> and harvard defies trump. >> if an institution like harvard cannot resist tyranny when applied to it, who can? >> jon: the ivy league university refuses trump's latest demands, putting billions in federal funding on the line. was it all started by a mistake? the "roundtable" on all the week's politics. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now, jonathan karl. >> jon: good morning and happy easter. welcome to "this week." today is day 90 of the second trump presidency, and there are growing signs of resistance to the trump agenda. this weekend we've seen nationwide protests as thousands gathered in red states and blue rallying to oppose president trump. this is the ongoing fighting oligarchy tour headlined by senator bernie sanders and congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez joins larger and larger crowds, more than 200,000 in recent weeks, including big rallies near the heart of trump country, missoula, montana and nampa, idaho. and harvard university fought back this week against president trump's attempt

not my job to say that any particular candidates need to be primaried and thrown out of office, but hakeem jefferies and chuck schumer need to be primaried and thrown out of office. liz: whoa! the democrat death spiral is escalating. we'll show you the full sound of charlemagne the god saying top democrat leadership needs to go because the far left fringe is destroying the democrat party. but first this. >> so if you look at that, china 67%. that's tariffs charged to the usa including currency manipulation and trade barriers, so we're going to be charging a discounted reciprocal tariff of 34%. i think in other words they charge us, we charge them. you know, you think of european union very friendly. they rip us off. it's so sad to see. it's so pathetic. 39%, we're going to charge them 20% so we're charging them essentially half. vietnam they charge us 90%. we'll charge them 46% tariff. taiwan 64%, we'll charge them 32%. japan 46%, they will charge us 46% and much higher for certain items like cars, you know, little items like cars. 46%, we're charging them 24%. india very, very tough. if y

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now, joining us now is house democratic leader hakeem jeffries. thank you very much for joining us tonight. there is so much to talk about. let's begin as we wait for a victory speech in wisconsin with your reaction to what you're seeing in those special elections in florida for two house seats. >> well, good. >> evening, lawrence. great to be with you. it was an incredible overperformance by the two democratic candidates into ruby red districts, florida, one which donald trump won by 37 points in florida. six where josh will ran a great campaign in a district that donald trump had just won by 30 points. and what we're seeing, of course, is something that we've seen all across the country since the early special elections that began in late january, and that is democratic energy and overperformance, coupled with independent swing voters and even moderate republicans breaking for the democratic candidate and rejecting the extremism, the outrageous behavior of this administration and their effort to harm everyday americans. >> you as you look at the

now, joining us now is house democratic leader hakeem jeffries. thank you very much for joining us tonight. there is so much to talk about. let's begin as we wait for a victory speech in wisconsin with your reaction to what you're seeing in those special elections in florida for two house seats. >> well, good. >> evening, lawrence. great to be with you. it was an incredible overperformance by the two democratic candidates into ruby red districts, florida, one which donald trump won by 37 points, and florida six, where josh will ran a great campaign in a district that donald trump had just won by 30 points. and what we're seeing, of course, is something that we've seen all across the country since the early special elections that began in late january, and that is democratic energy and overperformance, coupled with independent swing voters and even moderate republicans breaking for the democratic candidate and rejecting the extremism, the outrageous behavior of this administration and their effort to harm everyday americans. >> as you as you look a

now, joining us now is house democratic leader hakeem jeffries.us tonight. there is so much to talk about. let's begin as we wait for a victory speech in wisconsin with your reaction to what you're seeing in those special elections in florida for two house seats. well. >> good evening, lawrence. >> great to be with you. >> it was an. >> incredible overperformance. >> by the. >> two democratic candidates into. >> ruby red districts, florida. >> one which. donald trump. >> won by 37. points in florida. six where. josh will ran a great campaign in a district that donald trump had just won. >> by 30 points. >> and what. we're seeing, of course, is something. >> that we've seen. >> all across the country. since the early special. >> elections that began. >> in late. >> january. >> and that is democratic energy and. >> overperformance. >> coupled with independent swing. >> voters and even. moderate republicans breaking. >> for the democratic candidate and rejecting the. >> extremism. >> the outrageous behavior. >> of this. >> administration and their ef

house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is spearheading this.cans ultimate goal may be to privatize social security. let me play that. >> republicans are demonizing social security by calling it a ponzi scheme. they are downsizing the ability of the social security administration to provide earned benefits to new yorkers and the american people, which leads to the ultimate conclusion that they may be trying to privatize it, because that has been on their agenda in the past. >> i mean, to be honest, george w bush learned the hard way how dangerous it is to attempt to privatize social security. is it possible that with buyouts and early retirements and the hobbling of staff problems with the agency's websites, phone systems that we have already seen the worst of it? >> i won't i won't say we've seen the worst of it because of course, we haven't even hit the 100 day mark yet of this administration. and so they are clearly. sticking to. >> their path. >> what i will say though. >> the one thing that could stop them in this push, as hakeem jeffries i

host: is mike johnson and is hakeem jeffries -- are they accessible to the media? guest: i would say mike johnson probably a little bit more accessible to the media. we can get him walking in the hallways to and from boats. he is very controlled in the outlets to which people grant interviews, and hakeem jeffries sort of has always come across as a much more controlled politician, somebody who will talk at press conferences but really has a message he wants to stick to. it is very hard to get him in a free revealing moment. host: steve, kansas, republican. where in kansas are you? caller: hey, kansas city. good morning. siobhan hughes was talking about a reckoning. reckoning will be for all the deep state wounds and goblins who have hollowed out the center of our country for the last 30 years, and now the wall street editorial board will have to tighten its belt a little bit when the train starts to go south. it is really let them eat cake. 50 countries already come back on our knees for this president and begging to have their tariffs flattened or reduced to zero,

maybe people did not recognize hakeem jeffries, looking pretty fresh. aroused by the leaders moving words, they bought and back up for a little sing-along. [singing] ♪ ♪ heal this world with love ♪ ♪ then god will bring love. >> jesse: democrats even brought out a tie-dyed trans to do their best bernie sanders impression, listen. >> this congress is hell-bent on passing a heartless budget that would result in the largest cut and medicaid in american history only to partially cut just partially pay for tax cuts for donald trump's doing a best friends. >> jesse: speaking of bernie sanders, he said democrats messaging is a must. but he's not changing his tune -- mess. >> what democrats lack right now is a vision for the future is. >> let me ask you about something that your senators said, saint democrats should stop using the term oligarchy because it is a phrase that is nonresident -- resonated with americans. are you missing a chance to speak to a wider audience senator? [chuckling] 36,000 people out in los angeles , 34,000 people out in colorado, 30,000

hakeem jeffries released a statement on thread saying the so-called defense secretary has ordered 400oved from the naval academy. he came up with a new description of dei, i'm sure you saw that. dumb effing individuals? if dei? [laughter] >> oh, boy. that's how far they've fallen. it's astonishing, not surprise. of course they don't like the fact that we're ripping dei out of the military and making it color blind and merit-based. if their whole strategy is -- i don't even know how long the video was, doesn't see is it -- minute-long videos on tiktok to call us names while we secure the southern border, kick out chinese influence, revive the warrior culture inside our military, um, that's why they lost in historic fashion to president trump last time, and their future looks bleak as well. we're looking at all the ways in which our military academies educate and giving guidance to get rid of dei, and i think the american people appreciate that. maria: secretary, it's great to have you. >> thank you, maria. maria: defense secretary, pete hegseth. thank you. >>> and as the secretary was

hakeem jeffries went on to say something that was totally irresponsible by the way.- is he describing the new beautiful bill. he says it reminds me of a letter ulysses s. grant was to have sent at the start of the civil war. what grant said two parties america now, patriots and traders, and the democrats, i assume are thinking that republicans should should be lookeds a at traitors? i don't know. they won an election? and want to put forth legislation? so, how about being responsible? that is something he must have thought out. you don't just pull out that quote out of the blue. he wanted to say that he wants to give the image of a civil war. totally irresponsible. by the way, his whole party is in the middle of a civil war because you got the left wing out there with pretty big crowds, 30,000 plus. some of the red states. okay. talking about socialism, good luck with that then you have e -- alissa slot kin of michigan who name checked trump many times in a good way in order to just edge out and get that senate seat over mike rogers said this, among other ideas that

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my leader of the house democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries.irthday week with senator cory booker. so, again, happy birthday. harry. birthday. and when i looked out into the faces and the eyes of the people who were here and the people that i represent back in nevada that i spent the last couple of weeks listening to, i understood that the decisions that we make over the next few weeks matter to real people. i say that because putting was holding the floor for 25 hours. this is not about left versus right. it's not about one party versus the other. this is about right versus ball. and john boehner's would always remind us to be on the right side of history. so i'm here to join with all of you to be on the right side of history right side of history for our children and their future to be on the right side of history for america and this democracy. but we hold dear to be on the right side of history, to protect public education, to be on the right side history, to keep our promise to our veterans and to our seniors. when i was just 20 weeks old,

but hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer need to be primaried and thrown out of office.s in congress ain't it. what if we look outside of washington to the governors? gavin newsom from california. he's been getting active lately. what's his fight plan? >> we need to change the conversation. that's why i'm launching a new podcast and this is going to be anything but the ordinary politician podcast. >> i don't believe you. your body doesn't even believe the words you're saying. none of your words match your motion. like, gavin just feels phony. feels less like you're going to lead a revolution and more like you're going to sell me pills for natural male enhancement. fortunately, there are people on the left really willing to put up a fight. >> the republicans have actually organized these goofy hearings to try to convince the american people that pbs and npr are "domestic threats." it's as stupid as it sounds. >> i would tell him to grow a spine. and stop being putin's ho. >> if you could speak directly to elon musk, what would you say? >> [bleep] off. [cheers and applause

well, and i have great respect for john, but i want to say, oh, yes, under hakeem jeffries, we do have a plan. especially as it relates to social security. our colleagues on the other side do not have a plan. or the plan that they've proposed is to cut benefits to social security. madam speaker, it may -- i don't know if you realize how many social security recipients you have in your district, but there's over 170,000 of them. including 134,000 retirees. including will 18,000 dis-- including 18,000 disabled workers, 8,000 widows, 3,000 spouses, 9,000 children. madam speaker, here's the most important thing. and most members of congress don't realize this. do you now how much money comes into your district monthly to those recipients? that's $318 million that mr. trump and republican leadership want to cut. a 20% cut across the board to social security would decimate people all across the district, including iowa and connecticut and every other district. so we have a plan. here's our plan. social security and the american people, and especially the people in our audience today, ought t

>> well, the leader in the house of representatives is hakeem jeffries. and he will be the next speaker of the house. he's earned. >> is the voice of the democratic party. like, is that who the democrats should be rallying around, pushing forward? that's who should be driving the message? >> well, i think we've got a whole new generation of talent, people who are speaking out on economic issues. i gave a speech in cleveland on economic patriotism, our vision of how we're going to bring prosperity and manufacturing back around the country. but the most urgent issue is to stand up against the attacks on the rule of law, on the constitution, on universities, and then to make sure that we elect hakeem jeffries, speaker of the house. so we have one check on donald trump's unconstitutional actions. >> do you think in terms of just political strategy, obviously, you all have a lot of priorities. i hear you about what you're trying to do, but in terms of political strategy, is that step one, getting the house back in the in the midterms. >> well, i think step one

we heard from minority leader hakeem jeffries last week on a podcasting there's an opportunity to revisit this as quickly as possible in wisconsin. when you have 218 republicans currently serving the house to 213 democrats, speaker mike johnson can afford two defections at this point. two seats potentially mean a lot. that is one of the big national issues that has so many eyes focused on the badger state until the polls close at 8:00 this evening. host: who is running today in the race? what should viewers be looking for? guest: ahead of 2023, republicans -- conservatives -- it is a nonpartisan race -- they had a majority on the state supreme court. that all shifted in 2023 with the election of liberal justice. the liberals control the ideology of the state supreme court. they are looking to hold that 4-3 majority today. judge susan crawford running against conservative leaning judge brad shimmel, a former attorney general. a lot of push behind shimmel to shift this balance back in favor of conservatives. elon musk said the future of, you know, humankind essentially hinges on the balance

house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, will be here live. and the hits on harvard keep coming. we'll break down how president trump's war on the elite university is impacting life saving research on cancer and infectious diseases. i'm dana bash. let's go behind the headlines and inside politics. and just moments ago, the italian leader walked into the white house with president trump. we are talking about the prime minister, giorgia meloni, arriving here for crucial trade talks with president trump. it is the president's first face to face meeting with a european leader since he announced new tariffs on the eu, with more potentially to come. now, meloni is a kindred spirit. a fellow right wing populist leader who the white house hopes can act as a bridge with other eu leaders. i'm going to go right now to jeff zeleny, who is at the white house with those familiar flags behind him. jeff, what is the white house hoping for and expecting with this crucial meeting? >> well, dana. >> this is a meeting. that the president is very much anticipating and eagerly awaiting. in fact, they

and right now, democratic house minority leader hakeem jeffries and new jersey senator cory booker are on the steps of capitol hill holding a sit in billed as an urgent conversation with the american people ahead of congress, returning to a session tomorrow to debate republicans proposed budget plans. joining me now, congresswoman shontel brown, democrat of ohio. congresswoman, let's let's start with news unfolding this afternoon. we're watching a sit in that house. minority leader hakeem jeffries and senator cory booker are holding on capitol hill steps right now. what are your thoughts as congress returns tomorrow to that debate, congresswoman? >> well, i. >> am i'm. >> incredibly proud. >> of the. >> members who are taking. >> it to the public to. >> really push back on this. republican budget. that's what they are sitting in. >> if you will, for. >> they're standing up against the cuts against medicare and medicaid. they are fighting against the attack. on people's social security. they are standing against the cuts for snap and. >> work programs. >> and so the things that people a

hakeem and i, our senate and house colleagues are going to be out there talking to the people during the recess all the time on the issue of tariffs, on the issue of medicaid, on the issue of taxes, on the issue of social security. we have days planned where we're working on all these issues. did you want to answer? >> no, i was just going to say we also got a tax bill coming up that can help bring industry back from overseas by making it more attractive to do business in the united states rather than overseas. look at the pfizer report. a few years ago, pfizer paid no taxes in the united states. they basically went and did business overseas. that's the kind of idea that the democrats have. senator schumer: thank you, everybody. >> senate majority leader john thune spoke about trump's tariffs plan, specifically against china, during remarks to reporters on capitol hill. >> well, good afternoon. we are wrapping up our first 100 days here in the united states senate and i could not be prouder of what our colleagues have accomplished, the things we have gotten done. we have moved the pr

and hakeem. sick of it. hakeem wants her out.nancy has her hand in every decision he makes his leader. she just can't help herself. you want a coup? the queen. good luck. hakeem. nancy's going to send you to delaware. never mess with democrats. money. more billionaires were backing harris than trump. guys like bernie only complain about rich folks when republicans are in charge. >> the country. now faces some enormous problems, and at the top of the list, we have a nation which is now run by a handful of greedy billionaires. i think i speak for every american who understands that in our democracy, we cannot allow billionaires to buy elections. >> the oligarchs don't love trump right now. he closed the border, cutting off their cheap labor. billionaires don't like it when your wages go up. tariffs rattled the stock market and their paper losses piled up. even elon doesn't like tariffs. that didn't stop trump. 47 is even considering raising taxes on billionaires. wow. and he's trying to bust up big tech monopolies. doesn't sound li

hakeem and i, our senate and house colleagues are going to be out there talking to the people during the recess all the time on the issue of tariffs, on the issue of medicaid, on the issue of taxes, on the issue of social security. we have days planned where we're working on all these issues. did you want to answer? >> no, i was just going to say we also got a tax bill coming up that can help bring industry back from overseas by making it more attractive to do business in the united states rather than overseas. look at the pfizer report. a few years ago, pfizer paid no taxes in the united states. they basically went and did business overseas. that's the kind of idea that the democrats have. senator schumer: thank you, everybody. ally against china, during remarks to reporters on capitol hill.

somebody call hakeem jeffries and alert the squad. somehow this beautiful nugget got lost in the shuffle. democratic party approval numbers low point. harvard say 37% approve of demo democratic performance, worst number since 2018. as much as media love to dump on trump and demonize doge, it is the democratic party on cliff's edge. they have media, hollywood and most of academia pushing for them and they are still 37%. that is meghan markle territory. whatever happens, democrats have a policy problem. look at this map showing states projected to gain seats. green, light green, versus those seats, all run by democrats, in red and pink will lose. california projected to lose three seats, new york projected to lose two seats, illinois one, texas will gain four, florida projected to gain four. these are facts, projections based on substance. democrats have no one to blame but themselves. why? they account have turned california super majority, they run it, super majority in the governor's race, they could have turned it into a showplace.

hakeem and i, our senate and house colleagues are going to be out there talking to the people during the recess all the time on the issue of tariffs, on the issue of medicaid, on the issue of taxes, on the issue of social security. we have days planned where we're working on all these issues. did you want to answer?

in his statement, house majority lead hakeem jeffries said in part pope francis called upon us to care fothe vulnerable among us. in his power for easter messag calling for peace around the world. his holiness reminded us ate life.not made for death but for senator dick durbin echoed the idea to lo respect one another, going on to call for a day of world peace in honor of the pope including the cease-fire in ukraine and gaza. and a live look now at the roof of the white house where the flag was ordered by president trump today to fly at half staff in honor of pope

hakeem jeffries just became a minority leader. he is still on track to be speaker. i think if the democrats take the house back. i don't see anyone else who would challenge him for that role at this point. and i do think that he is starting to understand a little bit better what the stakes are. he definitely took a beating for the al green thing and telling other democrats like, oh, you guys keep it down, be cool during trump's speech. i think he's starting to realize now how i want to say aggressive. you have to be at this point in making your case that not only do we need to defeat trump, we need to do something different next time. >> i would i think it's important to be clear about this. cr right. the problem wasn't that i think schumer decided not to shut down the government because he was told, and in fact, i know this. he was told that they would russ vought would deputize hr people and spend the whole government shut down firing people. so look, that's a reason not to do it. that said, schumer could have had a list of deliverables and said, look, you're goin

and meanwhile, hakeem jeffries is all but rooting for a recession. listen. >> republicans are crashing. >> the american. >> economy in. >> real time. >> and driving us to a recession. this is not liberation day. it's recession day in the united states of america. >> cheering for failure. the party that once at least pretended to care about americans and american workers while also ignoring inflation for four years now suddenly uninterested in american jobs, while deeply concerned with the costs of foreign goods. take a look. >> he argued. >> in a white house. >> setting, that this. >> is a good thing for the united states called it. even at one point a rose garden type celebration. many others view it differently, and many sectors of our economy are bracing for an impact that has been universally described as likely negative for. >> you. >> a regular consumer or taxpayer. >> the president is. >> risking a recession with this national sales tax he calls tariffs. >> tariffs are just. >> another. >> tax. >> which is very regressive. >> it's just a sales

auchincloss: if hakeem jeffries was speaker, we would have passed this already. david: that's a good place to wrap up. thank you for your time this morning. [laughter] next up, diana degette who will sit down with robert kang. thank you. [applause] [no audio] >> i'm aaron shoemaker -- erin shoemaker. i'm joined by senator maggie hassan. she sits on the senate health, education and pensions committee and a number of the joint economic committee. we are talking about the threat of medicaid cuts, the sweeping overhauls we saw yesterday and what the changes mean for your constituency in new hampshire. welcome, senator. thank you for being here today. sen. hassan: thank you for having me. i appreciate it. erin: i want to start with the mass layoffs and overhauls at the health agencies which shook washington yesterday. what can you tell me about democrats? are there tools in congress they can use to fight these cuts? sen. hassan: let's start with how devastating and chaotic these reductions are. literally, employees arriving at regional offices yesterday and their badg

house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here to respond. plus, a judge orders the trump administration to bring back a man they wrongfully sent to a prison in el salvador. the ruling drawing a stunning response from the white house. and democrats look to build on a week of action in congress and positive election results that delivered a bit of hope to the party. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> you know, folks, it just really feels like donald trump is intentionally setting fire to the global economy and much of the world. well, they seem like they're ready to fight back. china is pushing america with a new round of steep tariffs on all goods, emphasis on all goods imported from the united states. france is urging the rest of the european union to stop investing in america. and as for canada, you know our friendly neighbors to the north, they plan to respond with, quote, force on wall street. the u.s. stock market suffered its worst week since the start of the pandemic during donald trump's first term. and since t

maybe people didn't recognize hakeem with this new look. pretty fresh. if you're not aroused by the leader's moving words, he brought in backup for a little sing along. >> dai dai dai dai dai dai dai dai. and if we build this world from love. yet. and di di di di, then god will build this world from love. >> the democrats even brought out a tie dyed trance to do their best bernie sanders impression. listen. >> this is a congress that is hell bent on passing a heartless budget that would result in the largest cut in medicaid in american history, to partially, just partially pay for tax cuts for donald trump's billionaire best friends. >> speaking of bernie, he says democrats messaging is it's a mess, but he's not changing his tune. >> what democrats lack right now is a vision for the future. >> let me ask you about something that your colleague, senator elissa slotkin, said. she said democrats should stop using the term oligarchy because it's a phrase that doesn't resonate with all americans. are you missing a chance to speak to a wider audience, senator?

>> i think. >> there should be. >> i mean, first of. >> all. >> big credit. >> to hakeem jeffries. >>is. >> is the first time. >> that a leader of either. >> party in. >> congress has come. >> out in favor of a stock trading ban. and that's an important milestone in our progress to. >> getting this. >> reform passed. and i will note again, this is a bipartisan bill. >> chip roy. >> from texas, who is a member of the. freedom caucus. is my co-lead. we have a number of. republican and democratic members who have signed on as co-sponsors. and i'm confident that if we can get this bill to the floor. >> it will pass. >> but now the ball is in speaker mike johnson's court. it is up to. him to decide whether he is going to allow us to have a vote. >> this is. >> something that the navigator. >> poll has shown. that 90%. >> of. >> americans support. democrats. >> republicans and independents. >> and it's just common sense. >> hakeem jeffries. >> has come out and is doing the right thing supporting this. speaker johnson needs to. >> do the same. >> yeah, you're right. that leader jeffries is t

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in his statement, house majority lead hakeem jeffries said in part pope francis called upon us to care fothe vulnerable among us. in his power for easter messag calling for peace around the world. his holiness reminded us ate life.not made for death but for senator dick durbin echoed the idea to lo respect one another, going on to call for a day of world peace in honor of the pope including the cease-fire in ukraine and gaza. and a live look now at the roof of the white house where the flag was ordered by president trump today to fly at half staff in honor of pope francis, who died today at the age of 88, also directing flags on all public buildings, grounds and military bases across the country to be flown at half staff until the pope's internment. this afternoon, the vatican announced pope francis data from a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma, leading to heart failure. in the wake of the passing, president trump posted on truth social saying "rest in peace pope francis, may god bless him and all who loved him." earlier today the president and first lady hosted the annual white

and then today on the house side, hakeem jeffries had an event. listen to part of that. >> over these next 100 days, house democrats are going to lay out a blueprint for a better america, and you will see a vision for this country's future that isn't about donald trump. it's all about you. >> the blueprint is coming. >> yeah. i mean, you know, along with a cover letter to america. dear america, listen. right now, offering a campaign plan for an election that's 2 or 4 years away is is probably not an effective way to speak to an unfolding crisis. you know, we began the show today talking about an economy that unexpectedly has its gdp shrinking, that's poised on the knife's edge of a recession, a recession caused in unique in, in my experience, a recession that, if it happens, will be caused largely because of the actions of one man. and so there's two issues facing democrats. one, they have limited tools to stand against it, but two, are they putting their partisan interests in terms of the outcome of an election 2 or 4 years from now, against the

stupid stands and god-awful singing,ack and booker holding 2 hour sit in at the capital joined by hakeemd th the ce whole clown car of des as they talk budget. >> i ms. obama. i ms. her husband to. h >> we do not know how longow we would be out here and now we have passed our six hour. we're not going anywhere. >> feeling a strong. >> or grant said there are about two parties in america right now , patriots and traders.. ♪ ♪ if we built this with love to sing.iz >> judge jeanine: when he got nothing else the democrats arein doing the impeachment thing again, chuck schumer could not give a straight answer to this one.ay >> two years is too far to predict, our job is day to day to show who trump is, what he is doing. >> your not ruling out -- you're no?saying >> it's too far away to even judge. >> judge jeanine: elroy jesse. they tried everything, singing, cursing, trumpsi is so over thee people, they just don't know what to do rea. >> jesse: i not think they what is said and is. it is when you virtuously, peacefully obstruct a public space and risk arrest, civil rights sit any, segregated

now it's going to be up to hakeem jeffries and the rest of the democrats to parlay this momentum into wins in 2026. host: that was one florida race, the other one featuring jimmy petronas. guest: this one was a little bit more under the radar because jimmy petronas was a bit more of a traditional candidate. the democrat in that race did not raise as much money as josh wielded. that is the matt gaetz see, but this did not get as much attention, but it was closer when the dust finally settled. trump won that seat by about 37 points last year. so again, democrats had a larger over performance in this under the radar race than the one that was getting a lot of headlines here. that is a very encouraging sign for democrats that they didn't have to spend any money in any of these races right now and still they are outperforming their baseline here. that is thanks to the changing nature of both party bases here where democrats are more likely to turn out in these low propensity special elections, but again, it's a very encouraging sign for democrats, and one that i think republicans should st

. >> house democratic leader hakeem jeffries talked about the trump administration's policies in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill in congress during a press conference on capitol hill his remarks are about 15 minutes. that we will work with anyone in order to make life better for the american people trump administration has been characterized by chaos, cruelty and corruption. america is better than this, we should be able to do better for the american people. the trump administration has failed and republicans in congress are behaving like a useless rubber stamp and allowing extremism to hurt the american people. now is a moment of truth, will a handful of house republicans step up on behalf of the american people and prevent the largest medicaid cut in a minute -- in american history? what house republicans stand up for the veterans of america? will house republicans stand up and stop this effort to take food out of the mouths of children in the united states of america. now is the time to choose. republicans have been on the run, but they can no longer hide. and house democr

what representative hakeem jeffries said several minutes ago, i cannot agree with him more.that really matter. i recently -- host: we will go to darrell in michigan. independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. the first thing i want to say is what trump is doing as far as tariffs go is absolutely necessary. i just wish it would've happened 50 years ago. our government voted to put china and the wto. big mistake. in our naivete we thought that china came into the capital trading system. they would smooth up there ways and be more tolerable. this month you just mentioned today that we have imported $500 billion worth of goods while china has imported $100 billion worth of goods. what that means is amazingly in this madness america is going through, we are spending $800 billion on our military and we are financing and paying for $500 billion for china's military. it is absolutely unconscionable and absurd and it has to stop. host: let me vehose numbers again you were referencing. this is from the census beau. this is the numbers for u.s. china trade in 2024. nearly $582

again, hakeem jeffries, rashida tlaib, aoc, bernie coach if they care about the people left behind, theyould havest stood in solidarity with donald trump even if they don'tt agree with him on a lot of other issuesey w.es tbut they would have stood for trade policies that give our the workers a fighting chance. instead, they actually chose to stand with china and every other country that steals from us. instead of, they chose to stand with big democrat donors whofact love outsourcing our jobs who love setting up factories abroad but instead, fake populace chose to ignore the plight ofbe small-townhi america where shuttered factories leftil behid and a trail oftion drug addictin and despair. america wasn't founded on free-trade contrary to what you have heard of, havnato even harm managers today. we were founded on the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. in ippint is hard to find happis or pursue happiness when you arh working to, maybe three jobs and still can't get ahead.n do we want that america? or do we want an america where we take pride in a thriving middle-class? tr

house minority leader hakeem jeffries and cory booker held the sit in protest on the steps of capitolhey slammed the budget proposal. >> the reality of this budget that decisions are being made and what has been presented in outline to tear people down that is immoral and we need to th fit against it with everything that we have. >> it was live streamed on different platforms like tiktok, instagram and youtube and look different from the valleys that vermont senator bernie sanders near congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez have been organizing through the fight of oligarchy to her, they've not regained their footing, fox news poll shows up popularity has hit a new low 41% view the democratic party favorably by contrast 44 view republicans positively. the gop topping the counterparts for the first time in a decade the drop of positivity for democrats will mainly by members of their own party who are not happy with how they have been leading. >> what democrats lack is a vision for the future were going out around the country asking people run for office if you want to run as a democrat

up next, house speaker hakeem jeffries speaking with reporters about the tariffs imposed by trump and the impact on the economy. he fields questions on the special election race in texas and the gop legislative agenda. this is 20 minutes. trump and extreme maga republicans spent all of last year promising to lower the high cost of living in america. while at the same time running away from project 2025 and pretending it didn't exist. they consistently lied to the american people and now the american people are feeling the consequences of this extreme administration, the trump administration, this extreme president, donald trump. and the extreme maga republicans who are temporarily in the majority of the house of representatives. this year, republicans have done nothing, not a single thing to lower the high cost of living in the united states of america. the cost of living is too high. housing costs are too high. grocery costs are too high. insurance costs are too high. utility costs are too high. childcare costs are too high. america is too expensive. and democrats remain committed to

so how -- if you're hakeem jeffries, who frankly i think is just kind of a clown show, if you're let's, how do you get them back on track? if all the money and excitement and bernie is out there with aoc getting 30,000 people in places that don't have 30,000 people to come and see them? how do you get them back on track? i don't know. you have to have someone telogen ick, smart -- telegenic and cameable and smart rise up and become the -- capable and smart rise up and become the leader of the party. david: i'm laughing because i want to switch to andrew cuomo, who thinks he's that guy. >> he does. david: he's now mr. comer house of the chair oversight committee wants to indict him for lying to congress about the pandemic. could he be the next major and would he use that as a steppingstone to take that position that liz was talking about? >> he's a lot like newsom, great salesmen and campaigners but not executives and can't manage anything. cuomo made the dumbest decisions ever in office. david: that led to the death of a lot of people in the nursing homes. >> that's what people know. h

. >> sean: the silence of chuck schumer, hakeem jeffries.y've tolerated what has been anti-semitism within their ranks for a long time. they've tolerated the anti-semitism on college campus. they've tolerated these attacks against evil and musk and tesla. they said nothing, they are afraid to go against their radical days. this happens to josh shapiro. i didn't hear enough people speaking out against this. this to me was probably an act of hatred and i hate crime and anti-semitism related. we will find out over time but that's my best guess. the governor believes that's the case as well. considering it followed on saturday night. >> you covered it extensively. steve scalise being shot at on a baseball field before the congressional baseball game that happened in northern virginia. we saw supreme court justices, someone was arrested for attending to murder him all democrats were running protests, angry protest outside of his private residence and all of this has been like this is all free speech. i don't think so. watching that interview if i

where was bernie, where was chuck, where was hakeem yesterday in the rose garden?ell, a lot of hard hats were there, right? the working people. people make stuff with their hands. those democrats like to sell themselves as the champions of those hard hat people, the working people, the underdogs. the little guys. >> we need a democratic party that fights harder for -- with the courage to brawl for the working class. >> we need great candidates here to stand up for the work class. let's stand together. >> laura: all right. the media echoed. this served as co-managers of the democrat working class brand. although they have billionaires like soros and reed hoffman, david geffen filling their covers. democrats claim that trump is the one that doesn't care about regular americans. >> republicans right now are a party that's really just about the wealthiest, the oligarchs so to speak in this country about elon musk and donald trump. >> donald trump doesn't care about those people. he never has, never will. >> laura: this is just absurd on its face. trump's first term, ec